--- title: But by the faith that I owe to God and Our Lady, and the honour of k… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: But by the faith that I owe to God and Our Lady, and the honour of knighthood, it shall avail them naught that they thus refuse me; I shall turn again from here, and otherwise take my way; may I but find on shore one of those who were there, and who belongeth to the ships, in sooth he were born in a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/) / [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8447/8/) / 5 # Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch, Opening, part 8, sentence 5 But by the faith that I owe to God and Our Lady, and the honour of knighthood, it shall avail them naught that they thus refuse me; I shall turn again from here, and otherwise take my way; may I but find on shore one of those who were there, and who belongeth to the ships, in sooth he were born in an evil hour! **Who acts:** I, honour, God, sooth · **What happens:** owe, avail, refuse, turn, take, find · **To what, where:** that, God, me, way, shore, sooth This is a sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, honour, God, sooth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:8:5 # text = But by the faith that I owe to God and Our Lady, and the honour of knighthood, it shall avail them naught that they thus refuse me; I shall turn again from here, and otherwise take my way; may I but find on shore one of those who were there, and who belongeth to the ships, in sooth he were born in an evil hour! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 knighthood knighthood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 avail avail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 22 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 thus thus ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 flat _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 50 nmod _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 belongeth belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 sooth sooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj:pass _ _ 67 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl:relcl _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | present | I | that | God and Our Lady | | | by the faith | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Theme to god=Goal | | 2 | **avail** | shall | the honour of knighthood | God | | | | naught *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **refuse** | present | God | me | | | | thus *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | shall | I | | | | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from here=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my way | | | | otherwise *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 6 | **find** | may | I | | | shore | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj*; there *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **belong** | present | | | | sooth | | to the ships; who *nsubj* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bear** | past · passive | sooth *not said here* | One | | | hour | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **honour** | | | knighthood | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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